Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari 7224
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَقَدْ هَمَمْتُ أَنْ آمُرَ بِحَطَبٍ يُحْتَطَبُ، ثُمَّ آمُرَ بِالصَّلاَةِ فَيُؤَذَّنَ لَهَا، ثُمَّ آمُرَ رَجُلاً فَيَؤُمَّ النَّاسَ، ثُمَّ أُخَالِفَ إِلَى رِجَالٍ فَأُحَرِّقَ عَلَيْهِمْ بُيُوتَهُمْ، وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَوْ يَعْلَمُ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنَّهُ يَجِدُ عَرْقًا سَمِينًا أَوْ مَرْمَاتَيْنِ حَسَنَتَيْنِ لَشَهِدَ الْعِشَاءَ " . قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ قَالَ يُونُسُ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مِرْمَاةٌ مَا بَيْنَ ظِلْفِ الشَّاةِ مِنَ اللَّحْمِ مِثْلُ مِنْسَاةٍ وَمِيضَاةٍ. الْمِيمُ مَخْفُوضَةٌ.
Abū Hurayra reported that the Messenger of God said: “By the One in whose hand is my soul, I considered ordering firewood to be gathered, then ordering that the prayer be announced, then appointing a man to lead the people in prayer, and then going to some men who stay away and burning their houses over them. By the One in whose hand is my soul, if one of them knew that he would find a fatty bone or two choice morsels of meat, he would attend the night prayer.”
Muḥammad ibn Yūsuf reported that Yūnus said that Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān said that Abū ʿAbd Allāh explained: “A mirmāt is the meat between a sheep’s hooves, like a minsaʾa or a miḍāʾa; the initial mīm is pronounced with kasra.”
Translation notes
The source’s final gloss defines a mirmāt as a small piece of meat between a sheep’s hooves. I translate the two named comparisons transliterated because the excerpt gives no further English definitions for them. The warning about attendance at the night prayer and the intended action against those who stay away are both retained.